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SMOULDER - Dreadful Vengeance - European Tour 2025
 Epic metallers SMOULDER will soon embark on their European headlining tour with support act Dread Sovereign!
Dreadful Vengeance 2025:
DEC 11 - SWEDEN, Gothenburg, The Abyss
DEC 12 - DENMARK, Copenhagen, Rahuset
DEC 13 - GERMANY, Hamburg, Bambi Galore
DEC 14 - GERMANY, Oldenburg, MTS Records
DEC 16 - GERMANY, Erfurt, Club From Hell
DEC 17 - GERMANY, Stuttgart, Schwarzer Keiler
DEC 18 - AUSTRIA, Salzburg, Rockhouse
DEC 19 - GERMANY, Freiburg, Artik
DEC 20 - BELGIUM, Diest, Hell
DEC 21 - NETHERLANDS, Enschede, Metropool
Tickets: https://linktr.ee/smoulderdoom
Furthermore, SMOULDER are already stoking the fires for 2026, with their debut gigs in SPAIN and ROMANIA planned, as well as their (27th) return to GERMANY. They’ll also record their third studio album, "Witch Wife in an Alien World". The record will see the band weaving mystical Grecian black metal into their sonic tapestry of arcane power doom.
Vocalist Sarah states: “Our music is quickly shifting into a far heavier direction. We've been embracing Greek black metal and realizing that the more frequently we play live that we deeply enjoy the transcendental energy that comes with being crushingly heavy. There is simultaneously a noticeable shift lyrically and thematically into darker direction, as we observe rapid societal decline in the face of late stage capitalism. We’re experiencing in real time the consequences of normalizing and embracing fascist ideologies. Consequently, we’re angry, and the music reflects that.”
https://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/SmoulderDoom
SEPULCHRAL – New Single revealed - Sophomore Album "Beneath The Shroud"out soon via Soulseller Records
 SEPULCHRAL have revealed another song from their second full-length album "Beneath The Shroud", coming on December 5th 2025 via Soulseller Records.
You can listen to "Abandoned Feretrum" here: https://youtu.be/NMt9vnPNrRE
SEPULCHRAL rises again from beyond the burial mound to tear everything in its path with eleven songs of fucking worn out, moldy, and rusty Death Metal. The second album of this Basque entity comes wrapped into a putrid amalgam of decay that will make you crawl through the mud and beg for your life!
Mixed and mastered by Gorka Pérez. Cover artwork by Luciana Nedelea.
Pre-order options: https://soulsellerrecords.bandcamp.com (World) +++ https://soulsellerrecords.aisamerch.com (Americas)
Tracklist:
01. A Pact Written In Bone Dust
02. Beneath The Shroud
03. Abandoned Feretrum
04. Conflagration Of Sacred Bones
05. Torchless Crossroads
06. Cloaked Spectres
07. From The Crypt, The Putrid Mist
08. Blood, Phlegm, Black Bile
09. Gravestone Covenant
10. Poison Wind
11. Lost In The Ruins
http://www.soulsellerrecords.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/sepulchraldeathmetal
CYCLONE – New Mini Album "Known Unto God" in February 2026 via High Roller Records in Europe – Track Premiere
 Belgian cult thrashers CYCLONE have announced a new mini album, entitled "Known Unto God". The European release will be handled by High Roller Records, available on February 6th 2026.
The roots of CYCLONE, who eventually became one of the most popular European thrash metal bands, go way back to 1981. They were originally formed in Aalst under the name of Centurion. As their music was getting harder and harder, it was decided to use a more cutting-edge moniker. A variety of demos was recorded before CYCLONE signed a deal with Roadrunner Records where they released their now legendary debut album "Brutal Destruction" in 1986. This was followed by "Inferior To None" on Justice Records in 1990. After that, the band disbanded.
Ending a long hiatus, CYCLONE decided to reform in 2018 and have appeared live regularly since then (playing on their own or at prestigious festivals like Headbangers Open Air in Germany).
Now, High Roller Records are extremely proud to present CYCLONE’s comeback mini album "Known Unto God", showcasing five brand-new compositions. The current line-up of the band consists of Maxime Deschamps (lead guitar), Jesse Van Den Bossche (rhythm guitar), Vincent Heyman (bass), Gabriel Deschamps (drums) and Guido Gevels (vocals).
The opening track "Eliminate" has been premiered already here: https://youtu.be/7xn176yjlQk
Pre-orders will start on December 18th – watch out: https://www.hrrecords.de
Tracklist:
1. Eliminate
2. Known Unto God
3. I Fear Myself
4. Nothing is Real
5. The Truth Lies
https://www.facebook.com/hrrecords +++https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063577267482
AKTOR – New Track Premiere – Third Album "Professori (Season Two)" out soon via High Roller Records
 AKTOR have revealed another song from their upcoming new album "Professori (Season Two)", set for release on November 28th 2025 through High Roller Records.
"Just One Hand" – Official Lyric Video: https://youtu.be/UijEv87kYGs
AKTOR is one of the many side projects of the one and only Chris "The Professor"Black. He formed the band in 2013 along with Tomi Leppänen (drums) and Jussi Lehtisalo (guitars) from Finland. AKTOR’s debut album »Paranoia« was issued on High Roller Records in 2015, followed by »Placebo« (2020).
On their new record AKTOR once again present a very eclectic mixture of different styles. "Professori (Season Two)" combines eighties new wave (from B 52’s to Talking Heads and Wall Of Voodoo) with a heavy seventies prog/psychedelic vibe.
"Professori (Season Two)" may sound like a strange title for the third album of a band, but there is a story behind the name. Chris Black comments: “Yes, it is very conceptual. 'Professori' is a TV show in the ‘Nordic noir’ genre, like a gritty detective show with all of the usual cliches. So, each song on the album is an episode of the show. I realized while writing that the story was actually the second season of the overall three-season arc. It starts with a twist – the lead character has disappeared! – and this was interesting to me, partly because his partner is elevated to the lead role.”
Mixed & mastered by Dan Swanö. Art & design by Alexander von Wieding.
Tracklist:
01. He Never Came Home
02. Just One Hand
03. Nemesis
04. Politics Politics
05. Idiot Brother
06. Another Piece
07. Too Close (Still Not Close Enough)
08. Back on the Case
09. Children Always Know
10. Helicopter
11. Bigger Picture
https://www.hrrecords.de/AKTOR +++ https://www.facebook.com/fightinginthedark
BEZDAN - Debut Full-Length "Upon The Altar" via I Hate Records - Track Premiere
 Croatian extreme metallers BEZDAN have revealed a first song from their long awaited full-length debut "Upon The Altar", set for release on November 28th 2025 via I Hate Records on CD, LP and in digital versions.
The track "Hades Knights" has been premiered at this location: https://youtu.be/lkZNkTrpgig
BEZDAN (Croatian for "Abyss") have released a couple of singles and EPs during around 15 years of activity. Inspiration comes in form of POSSESSED, 80s DEATH, caveman old SEPULTURA, as well as old Ex-Yugoslav heroes HELLER, EVIL BLOOD and a touch of Black/Speed Metal. Raw, evil and uncompromising - old school without stagnation!
Cover artwork by Daniel Corcuera (Nekronikon).
Pre-order options: https://ihate.bandcamp.com/album/upon-the-altar
Tracklist:
1. Upon The Altar (Intro)
2. Sacrificial Death
3. Dark Messiah
4. When Death Becomes Your Life
5. Endless Fields Of Bones
6. Hades Knights
7. Vengeance
8. Infernal Howls
9. Crypts Of Ancient
https://ihate.se +++ https://www.facebook.com/bezdannikaddan
SUN OF THE DYING - New Music Video - Third Album "A Throne Of Ashes" in November 2025 via AOP Records
 Spanish Doom/Death Metallers SUN OF THE DYING have premiered another song from their upcoming new album "A Throne Of Ashes", set for release on November 21st 2025 via AOP Records.
A music video for the track "Of Abscence" is available here: https://youtu.be/uBOegR6WGdo
Inspired by genre classics like My Dying Bride, Anathema, and Paradise Lost, as well as more modern bands such as Ahab, Swallow the Sun or Shape of Despair, SUN OF THE DYING walks the path of authentic Doom/Death Metal, unafraid to incorporate touches from many other styles.
The band was founded in 2013 by Casuso (guitar) and Lavín (vocals), and reached a stable lineup in 2017. That same year, they released their debut album, "The Roar of the Furious Sea", through Throats Productions.
With the new line-up established and extensive live experience, they recorded their second album, "The Earth Is Silent", at The Empty Hall Studios. It was released in November 2019 through AOP Records. The album’s positive reception led the band to play throughout Spain, until the pandemic forced a temporary retreat from the stage. They returned to live performances sharing the stage with major acts like Sylvaine, Officium Triste and Evadne, and they reached the finals of the Wacken Metal Battle for the second time.
In late 2024, they returned to The Empty Hall Studio to record their third album, "A Throne of Ashes", released in 2025 by AOP Records. The album was mixed and mastered by Javi Félez at Moontower Studios, with artwork by Manuel Cantero.
Tracklist:
1. Martyrs
2. Black Birds Beneath Your Sky
3. With Wings Aflame
4. The Greatest of Winter
5. House of Asterion
6. Of Abscence
https://shop.aoprecords.de +++ https://www.facebook.com/SunofTheDying
CREATURES – New Album "Creatures II" out soon via High Roller Records – New Single / Music Video revealed
 Brazil's CREATURES have revealed another song from their upcoming new album "Creatures II", scheduled for November 14th 2025 through High Roller Records.
A video clip for the track "Beware The Creatures" is available here: https://youtu.be/2RPzfEgh62g
CREATURES were originally formed in the summer of 2019 in the city of Curitiba. Like most places in Brazil, the scene there is dominated by extreme metal. However, there are some small “pockets of resistance” carrying the torch for more of a traditional heavy metal sound. And CREATURES is one of the most talented of the lot.
"Creatures II" was recorded between September 2024 and March 2025 at Heavy Tron Studio, by Arthur Migotto (Hazy Hamlet). It was produced by Mateus Cantaleano and Migotto. Mateus Cantaleano wrote all the music and lyrics. The line-up on the recording was Marc Brito (vocals), Mateus Cantaleano (guitar), Ricke Nunes (bass), and Sidnei Dubiella (drums). There were also a few special guests, like Caio Vidal on keyboards and Arthur Migotto himself doing some additional vocals.
Cover by Mateus Cantaleäno.
Tracklist:
01. Inferno
02. Devil In Disguise
03. Night Of The Ritual
04. Beware The Creatures
05. Dreams
06. Queen Of Death
07. Pure Madness
08. Danger
09. Nothing Lasts Forever
10. Path Of The Night
11. Beware The Creatures (Extended Version - Bonus Track)
12. Perfect Illusion (Bonus Track)
https://www.hrrecords.de/CREATURES +++ https://www.facebook.com/creaturesheavymetal
NATTRADIO - New Album "The Longest Night" via Darkness Shall Rise Productions - Single / Video Premiere
 "Sketches From The Dark" is the first single from NATTRADIOs upcoming second album "The Longest Night", set for release on December 12th 2025 via Darkness Shall Rise Productions on all formats.
Check out the video clip here: https://youtu.be/YX4M2Itn8-w
NATTRADIO is Niklas and Martin, known for collaborations with Anders Fridén (IN FLAMES) & Jonas Renkse (KATATONIA).
Rearing its head out of the seemingly endless darkness of the north, Sweden based NATTRADIO are a rather recent born, obscure entity with so far only one full length album to their name. If the strength of their second album "The Longest Night" is anything to go by NATTRADIO's obscurity should be over soon, though.
The album is characterised by a sombre and pervasive sense of melancholy that splendidly encapsulates themes of isolation and emotional struggle. Preferably listened to during the night's darkest hours "The Longest Night" is a record that gently envelops you.
One of the band's members by writing the following regarding NATTRADIO's motives and sound perfectly characterizes the band: "NATTRADIO was born out of sleepless nights. Every song is written and recorded between 01:00 and 05:00. The songs move through a nocturnal landscape we call Doom Noir – drawing from '90s Gothic Doom, Darkwave, Ambient and at times, Noir Jazz. The goal is to capture night-time themes. These are stories from the hours after midnight, with grief as the central emotion."
Despite drawing inspiration from various sources NATTRADIO's soundscape has certainly most in common with KATATONIA's era beginning with "Discouraged Ones". Especially the singer's voice sounds strikingly similar to Jonas Renkse. So much so that one can only wonder if it's actually the KATATONIA singer's characteristic melancholic voice singing to the sound noir.
"The Longest Night" stands as an evocative journey through the labyrinth of melancholy, offering listeners a soundscape both immersive and introspective.
Appearing right in time to accompany you on endless strolls during the most melancholic season, we heartily encourage you to do yourself a favour and obtain a copy of this marvellous album!
Tracklist:
1. Shadow Speaker
2. Sketches From The Dark
3. Alright For Now
4. Dark Streets
5. Night
6. Shifting Baseline
7. All For You
8. Rainbirds
9. The Longest Night
https://darknessshallrise.de +++ https://www.facebook.com/Nattradio
HOUSE BY THE CEMETARY - Third Album “Disturbing The Cenotaph” in December 2025 via Pulverised Records - Details & Track Premiere
 HOUSE BY THE CEMETARY, led by former MONSTROSITY and VILE frontman and current artwork artist Mike Hrubovcak and Rogga Johansson from PAGANIZER and RIBSPREADER, have announced their third full-length "Disturbing The Cenotaph", set for release on December 12th 2025 through Pulverised Records.
A first track, "Island Of The Dead", has been premiered at this location: https://youtu.be/Z48CsjkIV_s
Since the duo, completed by former THE PROJECT HATE drummer Thomas Ohlsson, originally picked up their moniker as an homage to the 1981 cult horror flick of the same name, it shouldn’t come as a surprise they’ve once again paying tribute to director Lucio Fulci (1927-1996) in one of this album most lethal salvo, "New York Ripper". Elsewhere on this third album, other tracks like "Undead Apocalypse" or "Burial Disturbance" were inspired by other famous horror classics like "Night Of The Living Dead" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", Hrubovcak has come up in his lyrics with his own tales of terror.
Some are totally fictional like, "Coffin Colony" about a "diseased homeless living in underground coffins who gets infected with rabies after eating sewer rats". Others, like "Lunatic Butcher" are inspired by real-life events or, in that case, by the antics and vicious killings of Paul John Knowles, dubbed ‘the Casanova killer’.
Rogga Johansson states: "This album is HOUSE BY THE CEMETARY on steroids. The sound is broad and impious, the vocals are awesome and the heavy riffing interlaced with occasional melody makes an overall varied, fun and GORY listen!"
Completed, like on 2024’s "The Mortuary Hauntings", by a gruesome artwork courtesy Felipe Mora (whose nightmarish visions can already be seen on albums by CONSUMPTION, ACHERON or WOMBBATH) and mixed by Håkan Stuvemark from WOMBBATH, "Disturbing The Cenotaph" is one raw, in-your-face and eight songs packed death-metal-to-the-core album ready to chill you to the bone!
Tracklist:
1. New York Ripper
2. Coffin Colony
3. Island Of The Dead
4. Depraved Unspeakable Acts
5. Massive Cadaver Resurrection
6. Undead Apocalypse
7. Phantom Intrusions
8. Burial Disturbance
9. Lunatic Butcher
https://www.pulverised.net +++ https://www.facebook.com/pulverisedrecords
MASTER'S HAMMER - New Album "Maldorör Disco" via Darkness Shall Rise Productions - Second Video / Single released
 The Czech masters of oddity and weirdness return! MASTER'S HAMMER present the second single from their upcoming new album "Maldorör Disco", scheduled for November 26th 2025 via Darkness Shall Rise Productions
Check out the video clip for "Andel Slizu" here: https://youtu.be/MyUsl8q4Qgk
Never the least concerned with fitting in, MASTER’S HAMMER refusal to be confined to certain genres and play by anybody’s rules, has resulted in many highly original albums that defied categorization. Unsurprisingly, "Maldorör Disco", the band’s ninth album, follows in this direction and is yet another bold release by MASTER’S HAMMER, showcasing the group’s commitment to pushing boundaries.
Although "Maldorör Disco" is still unmistakenly MASTER’S HAMMER it’s probably their most experimental and least Black Metal sounding album to date. Entirely lacking fast paces, the album’s 10 tracks predominately oscillate between slow and mid tempos. The album is not so much dominated by guitars as in the past, instead Franta’s characteristic riffs are accompanied by layers of various electronical elements. Besides the masterfully composed synthesizers and keyboards, the multiple voices appearing throughout the album and the way they are arranged play a pivotal role in "Maldorör Disco" too.
The visual presentation of the album deserves a special mention; Franta has again come up with some beautifully bizarre artworks. Marvelling at these surreal masterpieces and reading the disturbingly amusing lyrics while listening to the music is the right way to experience this album.
Listeners who enjoyed MASTER’S HAMMER’s previous efforts or who have a soft spot for the theatrical and unconventional in general, will find plenty to relish on "Maldorör Disco". It’s an album that rewards attentive, adventurous listeners, delivering a journey that is as confounding as it is exhilarating. "Maldorör Disco" stands as a testament to MASTER’S HAMMER’s relentless drive to innovate and push forward with total disregard for conventions or expectations.
Tracklist:
01. Andel Slizu
02. Genisis P. Orridge
03. Take It Or Leave It
04. Maldorör Disco
05. Bochnatky
06. Beast Within
07. Bicycle Day
08. Doppelgänger
09. El Teide
10. Slatina
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